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RK3288 from Rockchip is in several of the Chromebooks that are currently on the market, including Chromebook Flip and the ASUS Chromebit. They perform quite we
by ojn 11y ago
RK3288 from Rockchip is in several of the Chromebooks that are currently on the market, including Chromebook Flip and the ASUS Chromebit.
They perform quite well there if I may say so, when a proper amount of effort has been put into the software running on them.
The chips from Chinese manufacturers aren't really better or worse than most of the others out there, it's just that they often take shortcuts on the software side -- or rather, in particular the low-cost system OEM/ODMs do.
- jschwartzi 11y agoI've learned never to trust software implementations from third-party companies. They generally work well enough for pre-sales demonstrations, but you should always expect to do a bunch of post-sales bug fixing and feature implementation if you want to build a real product out of them. The same thing goes for BSPs from third parties. Basically it's extremely rare to find third-party software that is completely trustworthy, even when you pay a bunch of money to ensure that this is the case. Hence why IEC62304 speaks directly to third-party software as enhancing risk. The best thing you can hope for is that the bugs are fairly benign or are easy to work around.
- tonyarkles 11y agoI've made pretty good money a few times by taking BSPs provided by vendors and transforming them into something actually usable and robust. And these aren't sketchy Chinese OEMs, these are well-established vendors.